NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release – October 19, 2015

The Nassau Community College Cultural Program Presents

Finding Success in the Land of Opportunity: From the South Bronx to CEO of Deloitte, LLP – Joe Echevarria 

 

Tuesday, November 10 

Garden City, NY – The Nassau Community College Cultural Program will present Finding Success in the Land of Opportunity: From the South Bronx the CEO of Deloitte, LLP on Tuesday, November 10 at 12:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the College Center Building. During the program, Joe Echevarria will share his experience from growing up in poverty, to working up the corporate ladder, to becoming CEO of one of the largest accounting and consulting firms, Deloitte, LLP. (download hi res photo)

Joe Echevarria was a latchkey kid growing up in a single parent home who worked as an auto mechanic during the summers in the South Bronx. He went to the University of Miami on a scholarship and graduated at the top of his class in 1978. Echevarria worked hard, both at his first job as an entry-level auditor at Haskins and Sells (which later merged with Deloitte) and learning the "social graces" that everyone else seemed to know automatically. He read a lot and was also fortunate enough to find a mentor. Echevarria advanced to audit partner ten years later. Over the years, he assumed multiple leadership positions until his CEO appointment in 2011. At that time, his responsibilities extended to 70,000 professionals in 90 U.S. cities and India. Echevarria played a crucial role in serving the investor public, protecting capital markets, and ensuring high quality service.

In addition, the recently retired Echevarria was the chair and CEO of President Obama's My Brother's Keeper Initiative, launched in 2014 to help make the American Dream available to boys and young men of color. He's also a frequent guest on CNBC and Fox Business and writes for the Wall Street Journal and Reuters.

For more information about Finding Success in the Land of Opportunity: From the South Bronx to CEO of Deloitte, LLP, which is free, open to the public and accessible to the disabled, call 516.572.7148.

Media Contact: Alicia Steger 516.572.9634 alicia.steger@ncc.edu ncc.edu/newsreleases

About Nassau Community College Nassau Community College, a division of the State University of New York, is an institution where almost 22,000 full- and part-time students and approximately 10,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence. For more information, visit www.ncc.edu.